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HISTORY ~ CULTURE ~ SOIL
"The land tells the story of a country, just as the face the life of a man, and in collecting the soils of the earth, each sample comes to represent the life of its nation. But in even more detail, there is the story of the specific place where each was collected, and by whom and how. And often there's a tale in the torturous route that the soil must take to reach the artist. Here we present some of those stories, and hope to include them all in time."

 

COUNTRY
DATE SOIL COLLECTED
COMMON GROUND 191 ARTICLE
WORD for
"PEACE"
MORE INFORMATION
Afghanistan
8/19/2004
"Pashto" / "Dari" (Persian)

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Albania
8/12/2006
"Page"
Algeria
9/21/2003
"Salaam" / "Paix"
Andorra
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"Pau" / "Pax" / "Paix"
Angola
7/31/2006
"Paz"
Antigua & Barbuda
5/15/2006
"Peace"
Argentina
1/04/2006
"La Paz"
Armenia
10/29/2006
"Khaghaghutiun"
Australia
12/30/2003
"Peace"
Austria
10/25/2005
"Der Friede"
Azerbaijan
1/17/2006
"Sulh" / "Mir"
Bahamas
3/3/2004
"Peace"
Bahrain
2/2/2006
"Salam"
Bangladesh
6/19/2006
"Shanti"
Barbados
6/11/2007
Story to Follow
"Peace"
Belarus
9/9/2005
"Mir" / "Pakoj"
Belgium
3/5/2003
"Vrede" / "Paix" / "Frieden"
Belize
7/08/2006
"La Paz"
Benin
08/04/2006
"La Paix"
Bhutan
06/2008
Story to Follow
"Gzhi-bde"
Bolivia
5/25/2003
"Paz"
Bosnia & Herzegovina
02/09/07
"Mir" / "Spoko"
Botswana
12/25/2004
"Setswana"
Brazil
8/24/2005
"A Paz"
Brunei
10/08/2006
"Aman Scjahtcra"
Bulgaria
7/1/2005
"Mir"
Burundi
07/24/2006
"Amahoro"
Burundi II
07/12/2008
Story to Follow
   
Burkina Faso
10/16/2006
"Lafi"
Cambodia
11/29/2006
"Khmer"
Cameroon
1/17/2007
"Banfang Mbovani"
Canada
11/23/2005
"Peace"

Cape Verde

2/2007
"Paz"
Central African Republic
11/06/2006
"Sirri"
Chad
8/07/2006
"Al-Salaam"
Chile
1/31/2004
"La Paz"
China
9/2003
"T-njo/Heping"
Colombia
7/13/2006
"La Paz"
Comoros
1/23/2008
Story to Follow
"Salaam" / "Paix"
Congo (Dem.Rep.)
10/1/2005
"Paix" / "Nye"
Congo II (Dem.Rep.)
7/18/2008
Story to Follow
"Paix" / "Kikomoi"
   
Congo (Republic)
1/16/2007
"Kagiso" / “Paix"
Costa Rica
10/26/2005
"La Paz"
Cote d'Ivoire
5/08/2008
Story to Follow
"La Paix"
Croatia
2/12/2006
"Mir"
Croatia II
7/12/2008
   
Cuba
10/09/2007
"La Paz"
Cyprus
1/15/2006
"Irini" / "Baris"
Czech Republic
6/20/2005
"Mir"
Denmark
4/18/2005
"Fred"
Dijbouti
4/26/2008
"Paix" / "Salaam" / "Nabada"
Dominica
7/16/2007
Story to Follow
"Peace" / "Paix"
Dominican Republic
3/17/2007
"Paz"
East Timor
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Ecuador
7/15/2006
"La Paz"
Egypt
9/8/2003
"Salam"
El Salvador
5/4/2006
"La Paz"
Equatorial Guinea
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"La Paz"
Eritrea
5/19/2007
Story to Follow
"Salam"
Estonia
3/3/2006
"Rahu"
Ethiopia
3/5/2005
"Nabada"
Ethiopia II
Fiji
6/10/2003
"Vakacegu"
Fiji II
7/2008
Story to Follow
Finland
8/10/2006
"Rauha"
France
7/8/2003
"La Paix"
Gabon
8/31/2006
"La Paix"
Gambia (The)
3/27/2007
"Kairo" / "Jamma"
Georgia
8/27/2007
"Mir"
Germany
8/23/2005
"Der Frieden"
Ghana
9/1/2004
"Goom Jiggi"
Greece
6/5/2005
"Irini"
Grenada
11/04/2007
Story to Follow
"La Paix"
Guatemala
1/25/2006
"La Paz"
Guinea
4/09/2007
French:  "Paix"
Susu:
"Bognèsah"
Malinke: "Djusu Suma"
Pular: "Bhouttou"

Economist.com
AllAfrica.com

Guinea Bissau
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"Paz"
Guyana
11/11/2006
"Peace" / "Lape" / "Ashtiurdu"
Haiti
12/04/2007
Story to Follow
"Lape"
Haiti II
4/24/2008
Story to Follow
"Lape"
Honduras
7/01/2006
"La Paz"
Hungary
11/18/2005
"Beke"
Iceland
2/5/2006
"Fridur" / "Rauha"
India
3/13/2004
"Shanti"
Indonesia
10/24/2003
"Damai" / "Keamanan"
Iran
7/23/2004
"Salam" / "Amniat" (Farsi)
Iraq
2/3/2005
"Salam" / "Hasiti" (Kurd)
Ireland
1/13/2006
"Siochain"